Hi Tim,

Yeah I’ve got a work colleague who keeps muting the alert tones
So everytime I go to reimage a machine or use voiceover from a recovery system  
there is no  sound from the system,

I’ve offered to kill the colleague but the boss wont let me!


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017 2:10 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Installer not talking on my iMac

Hi Simon,

Thanks for the confirmation.  Yes, you are right, the PRAM reset should bring 
back sound as it is putting things back to defaults, which includes the sound 
level.  I've used that method on occasion as well.  My method of modifying the 
system volume with the VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up usually works as 
well.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jun 26, 2017, at 02:08, Simon Fogarty 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

No things haven’t changed in this situation

Volume doesn’t change in this situation.

However carry out the P R A M reset and I’d garunty that you’ll get vo back 
during installations.
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2017 3:34 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Installer not talking on my iMac

Hi,

The standard volume controls have never worked for me in either the Recovery 
Partition nor the USB installers.  I don't believe that the base system that's 
part of these initial installers has that capability.  Things may have changed 
though and I could be mistaken.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jun 25, 2017, at 09:31, Jonathan Cohn 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Could you use the standard F12 / fn+F12 to increase the volume?

Also, I expect that USB sound devices would not work with the installer, so 
make sure you are using system sound or head phone jack.

                                Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



On Jun 25, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Tim Kilburn 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi,

It sounds like one of two things.  Either the installer is not actually bitting 
properly, thus VO is not actually loaded to start, or, your volume is way down 
on the iMac and thus VO is on but just can't be heard.  To check if it has 
anything to do with the volume, wait an appropriate amount of time for the 
installer to start on the iMac, press cmd-f5, wait a few seconds, then press 
VO-cmd-left three times which should normally take you to the volume quick 
change.  Now, press VO-cmd-up a few times and see if you hear VO announcing the 
volume level.  You may need to try this a few times if you don't wait long 
enough, or if one of the cmd-f5 presses actually turns VO off instead of on.  
Sometimes, I press VO-cmd-left once, then VO-cmd-up a few times and keep 
repeating incase I've got VO on the wrong starting point when I try these 
commands.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jun 25, 2017, at 05:00, Nickus de Vos 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi all
I had to format and install a clean copy of Sierra for a friend over the 
weekend and thought while I have the installer on a USB flash drive I might as 
well do my iMac as well, since I’ve been wanting to do a clean install for a 
while.

Everything worked as expected on my friends MBP and I did the clean install for 
him, Voiceover talked me through the entire process as expected. However this 
morning when I wanted to do my iMac, Voiceover simply didn’t want to start 
during the installation process no matter what I tried.
For reference I then inserted the USB drive with the installer in to my Macbook 
Pro and booted in to it and Voiceover started just fine, but nothing happens on 
my iMac.

Anyone had this happen to them before, any ideas or solutions?
My iMac is a late 2013 model running Sierra, my friends MBP which Voiceover 
worked on during installation is a mid 2012 and my MBP is a mid 2015 Retina.

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